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Dr. Ed Cabellon is a collaborative higher educational leader, internationally recognized as an experienced digital technology and communication educator, speaker, and consultant catalyzing change throughout the academy and beyond. From keynote talks for association conferences to on-campus consulting meetings with senior and executive leaders, Dr. Cabellon helps organizations fill the digital technology and communication education gap for students and staff to positively impact recruitment, retention, and engagement efforts.

Since 2007, Dr. Cabellon has spoken at nearly 100 colleges, universities, organizations, and associations as a keynote, featured speaker, consultant, or educator in residence. His audiences have included administrators and staff from student affairs, information technology, integrated marketing, and auxiliary services to faculty in a wide range of disciplines. In addition, he has focused content for students and student leaders in contexts including first-year orientation, student employee training, and student leadership conferences and events.

As a scholar-practitioner, Dr. Cabellon deeply connects with his audiences through a dynamic mix of practical experience with theoretical concepts. His engaging presence and likable personality are a powerful combination that has inspired audiences for years…. and now, he is ready to come to your campus or organization! Contact him today!

Speaking Programs Overview

Featured Speaking Programs

Digital communication tools are ubiquitous across colleges and universities across the US. Yet, most institutions focus their communication efforts towards an external audience for recruitment, fundraising, public relations, and marketing purposes. How can student affairs and enrollment services divisions develop a more focused, integrated communication approach towards matriculated students? In this session, participants will learn about how to crack the student communication code through the development of an integrated marketing team at the division level, shifting the mindset around student messaging.

Through this program, participants will learn:

How to create a division-wide, integrated marketing team to engage students through purposeful messaging.

How to involve students in the process, creating intensive student employment or internship opportunities with measureable learning outcomes.

How to inspire divisional buy-in to create systematic change.

This program is for division leaders in student affairs or enrollment management seeking a modern approach to engaging current, matriculated students through purposeful messaging on digital communication platforms.

Data Visualization Through Digital Technology

As student affairs and enrollment services professionals collect more data related to their work, how is that data being shared with a wider audience? As digital technology tools increase in sophistication, our staffs now have the ability to share data in more creative and engaging ways. In this program, participants will learn about the power of data visualization in higher education, how to create an infrastructure to support this practice, and why this practice is essential to moving the co-curricular agenda forward.

How to create an associated infrastructure of support to create data visualizations in real time, for consumption on web, in presentations and print.

How data visualizations may create more opportunities for student affairs and enrollment services professionals to expand their respective co-curricular agendas.

This program is for division leaders, directors, and assistant/associate directors in student affairs or enrollment management seeking a modern, real-time approach to sharing meaningful data findings from various conducted assessments.

Unlocking the Power of Your Digital Identity

In the digital age, our identities are being developed both in person and through our use of social media communication tools. Yet, many have only begun to discover how the use of these tools may extend to professional and educational purposes as well. How can students and staff begin to utilize their digital identities to extend their engagement beyond on-campus interactions? Through this program, participants will be able to articulate their digital identities, how they may further develop it, and practical applications for future opportunities.

Through this program, participants will learn:

How to identify and articulate what their digital identity is.

What steps to take to further develop it in educational and professional constructs.

Why one’s digital identity may lead to future job, graduate school, or other opportunities.

This program may be geared towards students, staff, or faculty in an educational setting seeking education and practical skill building on how to articulate, actualize, and activate one’s digital identity.

Other Speaking Topics Include:

Navigating Campus Politics

Becoming an Influencer On Your Campus

Creating an Divisional Integrated Marketing Team for Digital Student Communication

What's it like to work with Ed?

It was a pleasure to work with Dr. Ed Cabellon. I appreciate that he is both a practitioner and a scholar, deeply rooted in education. He was able to help our student affairs team connect to the impact of the work and the stories we need to tell. He also helped us illuminate ways that we can continue to grow in our student affairs practice through technology, finding new ways to connect and engage with students. Working with Dr. Cabellon was one of the best investments I have made in regard to the development of this team.

“In bringing Dr. Cabelon to our campus and because of his work with my team, we discovered the joy and thrill of digital innovations and social media strategies to deepen our engagement and divisional presence with students.”

Dr. Kara Kolomitz, Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment, Regis College

“Dr. Ed Cabellon is a dynamic speaker who engages his audience with a unique blend of personal story, wit and practical take-aways. He has a genuine and personal approach but also provides a call to action which is both empowering and inspiring. We were thrilled to have him speak on our campus and would recommend him to other universities and organizations—you won’t regret it!”

“As a thought-leader in the areas of learning outcomes development, digital education, and strategic planning, Dr. Ed Cabellon is among the most prolific and visionary speakers in the United States. Dr. Cabellon’s visit to my former campus at Indiana University Southeast was filled with discourse that energized and challenged our team. His knowledge, preparation, and creative approach to learning is valuable to anyone who seeks to offer a high-quality professional development workshop for students, faculty, or staff.”

“Dean College had the opportunity to experience Dr. Ed Cabellon’s faculty driven presentation on using digital technology and social media in the classroom with great success. His ability to relate technology and social media to the learning experience and pedagogical outcomes was truly transformational. Dr. Cabellon commands the audience in a knowledge based environment and is a 21st century scholar-practitioner whom I highly recommend.”